"Title","Alternate Title","Akkadian Title","Translation","Explanatory Notes","Publication","Publisher URL","Source","Date","Language","Medium","Find Spot",""
"Nebuchadnezzar and Marduk","","","When Nebuchadnezzar [the king] dwelt in Babylon,
He would roar like a lion, would rum[ble] like thunder,
His illustrious great men would roar like lions.
[His] prayers went up to Marduk, lord of Babylon,
""Have mercy on me, in despair and pros[trate],*
""Have mercy on my land, which weeps and mourns,
""Have mercy on my people, who wail and weep!
""How long, O lord of Babylon,
Will you dwell in the land of the enemy?
""May beautiful Babylon pass through your heart,
""Turn your face towards Esagila which you love!""
[The lord of Babylon] heeded Nebuchadnezzar [‘s prayer],
[ ] befell him from heaven,
""I command you with my own lips,
""[A word of] good fortune do I send you:
""[With] my [help?] you will attack the Westland.
""Heed yur instructions, [ ]
""Take me [from El]am to Babylon.
""I, [lord of Bab]ylon, will surely give you Elam,
""[I will exalt] your [kingshp] everywhere.""
[ ] the land of [ ] and seized [ ] of? his gods","This epic-style poem recounts in summary fashion the events dealt with in more detail in III..I 5b-d.*Notes to Text: (5) WGL: ú-tu-[lu], confirmed by collation.","Benjamin R. Foster, Before the Muses, 3rd edition; 2005, (p. 166)","http://www.cdlpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=54","H. Winckler, Altorientalische Forschungen I (Leipzing, 1897), 542f","","Akkadian","clay tablet","","Myths and Epics"